Child&#39;s garment



L. B. THOMAS.

CHILDS GARMENT.

APPucATlou FILED MAY24.1921.

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L.l B. THoMAsu CHILDS GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 24, I92I. 1,41 1,816. Patented Apr, 4, 1922.

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CHILDS GARMENT.

Application filed May 24, 1921.

T0 all co hom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LYDIA B. THOMAS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kennett Square, in the county of Chester and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in a Childys Garment, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in a childs garment, and has for its object to construct such a garment that will be especially convenient for children under three years of age; that can be readily and conveniently laundered; that can be easily changed to accommodate the different heights ofa growing child; and that will have little or no stress or strain on any part thereof thus requiring less repair than most childrens garments.

Another object of the invention is to produce such a suit of any desirable fabric, the

different parts being of the same color or some parts one color and the other parts another color, the two principal parts comprising a body portion and a trousers portion, the former having a skirt section of sufiicient length to permit the trousers portion being positioned relative to said ybody portion for changing the distance between the shoulders of the body portion and the crotch of the trousers portion.

A further obj ect of the invention is to pro,- duce a garment including a body portion and a .trousers portion, said body portion primarily consisting of a front body section having a skirt section extending below the normal waist line, two back body sections secured one to each of the outer edges of the front body section. the other or inner free edges of the back body sections ,adapted to overlap and be temporarily secured to each other and sleeves attached to the arm holes,

and a trousers portion primarily consisting of two front trousers sections secured together along their inner edges and along their upper edges to the front body section above and below the normal waist line and two back trousers sections secured to each other along their inner edges and said back trousers sections are secured to thev front trousers sections along portions of their inner edges from the crotch to the lower edges thereof, the free outer edges of the trousers sections adapted to overlap and be temporarily secured to each other.

With these ends in view, this invention Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4, 1922.

serial No. 472,172.

`consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated byv .forming a part of this application, in

Fig.- 1, is a -front elevation of a childs garment made `in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2, is a rear elevation thereof.

Fig. 3, is a view similar to Fig. 2 with portions thereof folded back to clearly illustrate the detailsy of construction.

Fig. .4, is a reverse inverted face view of the ,back trousers portion spread out in a fiat position.

Incarrying out my invention as here embodied, 2 represents the body consisting of a front body portion 3 having a skirt section 4 extending belowthe normal waist line which `is in the region of the locality indicated by the numeral 5. The upper edge of the front body portion has a curved edge forming a portion of the neck opening or collar band from which projects a shoulder edge 6 on each side thereof and from these edges project curved arm hole edges 7 leaving side edgesextending the full length of the body portion above and below the nor mal waist line from the arm pit to the lower edge of the skirt. f

To each of the side and shoulder edges is secured one of the two back body sections- 8 and 9 forming side seams 10. These back body sections each include a. skirt 11 below the normal waist line and have the curved armV hole edges 12. The inner or normallyy free edges of the back body sections overlap -and are temporarily fastened together by tendingabove the normal waist line of the body. Below the crotch said sections 17 and 18 form leg parts `22.

y The backtrousers portion 23 comprises two back trousers sections 24 and Z5 secured together along their inner edges as at 26 from their upper edge to the crotch and Abelow said crotch are produced the leg parts 27 the inner edges of theseA leg parts from 'the crotch to their bottom edges are secured to theinner edges .of the leg portions of the front trousers sections as indicated at 28, while the outer side edge of each of thesections 24 and 25 overlap the outer side edges of the front trousers sections 17 and 18 and are adapted to be temporarily fastened there to by means of buttons 29 carried by the front trousers'sections and button holes 3l) Vformed in the back trousers sections while the upper edge of the back trousers portion formed by said sections is adapted to be temporarily fastened to the back body portion by means of buttons 3l Vcarried by said back body portion and button holes 32 formed inthe region of the upper edge of `the back trousers portion.

From the foregoing it will be noted that I have devised a childs garment particularly adapted to be worn by children be tween the ages of approximately one and one-half years to three. years or during that time that diapers have been dispensed with and when it is necessary to often set a child upon a nursery chair permitting the trou- ,sersto be unfastened 'and for all practical purposes entirely removed without the necessity of removing,r the body and when said trousers are withdrawn they are unlikely to become soiled. V

Another advantage is that the garment may be placed upon a child whilerstanding making it unnecessary for said child to raise 1,4ii,aie

first one foot and then the other which be Acause otl their age and limited strength often causes such child to become unbalanced and vfall.

lt is also to be particularly noted that because of the skirt formed with the body'as the child grows the trousers may be removed from the body and again secured thereto in a lower position so as to increase the distance between the shoulders and crotch to prevent the garment binding any part of the childs body and beca-use the garment can be opened .up Vto such an extent it simplifies both the washing. and ironing.

Of course l do not wish to be limited to the exact details or' construction as herein shown as these may be varied within the limits ofthe appended claim without departing Jfrom the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what -I claim as new and useful is A garment including a body portion and a trousers portion, said body portion primarily consisting of a front section having a skirt extending belowr the normal waist line,V

two back body sections secured'one to each ot the outer edges of the front body section, the inner or free edges of the back body sections adapted to overlap andbe tempera rily secured to each other, said body portion having arm holes and sleeves secured to the body portion along the edges of said arm holes. saidV trousers portion primarily con-` sistin'g of two fronttrousers sections` and secured together along their inner edges and along their upper edges to the front body section above and below the normal 'Waist line and tothe back body sections for a short LYDIA B. T HOMAS.

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